# Error while installing Hangfire with New get vs 2013

**URL:** <https://discuss.hangfire.io/t/error-while-installing-hangfire-with-new-get-vs-2013/760>\
**Category:** bug?\
**Created:** [March 11, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.hangfire.io/t/error-while-installing-hangfire-with-new-get-vs-2013/760 "2015-03-11T06:54:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kuntal\_b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@kuntal\_b](https://discuss.hangfire.io/u/kuntal_b)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.hangfire.io/t/error-while-installing-hangfire-with-new-get-vs-2013/760/1 "2015-03-11T06:54:32Z")

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I’m getting the below error when I try to install Hangfire on my project in Visual Studio 2013

PM\> Install-Package Hangfire  
Attempting to resolve dependency ‘Hangfire.Core (= 1.3.4)’.  
Attempting to resolve dependency ‘Owin (≥ 1.0)’.  
Attempting to resolve dependency ‘Newtonsoft.Json (≥ 5.0.0)’.  
Install-Package : External packages cannot depend on packages that target projects.  
At line:1 char:16

- Install-Package \<\<\<\< Hangfire
  - CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (🙂 [Install-Package], InvalidOperationException
  - FullyQualifiedErrorId : NuGetCmdletUnhandledException,NuGet.PowerShell.Commands.InstallPackageCommand

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**Author:** ![odinserj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/discuss.hangfire.io/odinserj/32/648_2.png) [@odinserj](https://discuss.hangfire.io/u/odinserj)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.hangfire.io/t/error-while-installing-hangfire-with-new-get-vs-2013/760/2 "2015-03-11T09:15:02Z")

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Please update your NuGet Package Manager – [https://docs.nuget.org/consume/installing-nuget#updating-nuget-in-visual-studio](https://docs.nuget.org/consume/installing-nuget#updating-nuget-in-visual-studio)